FL S0634

Redefines "audit" in guardianship law to include various professional audit standards such as verifications, reviews of documents, interviews, inspections, and investigations.

Requires all persons seeking guardianship appointment (except corporate guardians) and their employees with fiduciary responsibility to submit to credit history investigations and level 2 background screening; allows courts to waive these requirements and permits nonprofessional guardians to petition for reimbursement of reasonable expenses.

Authorizes court clerks to request and review guardianship asset records, issue subpoenas to nonparties upon court application, and requires notice to guardians and wards with a 10-day objection period before subpoena issuance.

Allows courts to order guardians to produce records or documents during audits and adds failure in bad faith to submit guardianship records as grounds for guardian removal.

Requires persons seeking guardian appointment to disclose arrests covered by expunged or sealed criminal records, making expunged and sealed records available to entities reviewing guardianship candidates.